Orchid Species
Pure Botanical Heritage: Natural Orchid Species
Explore our collection of true orchid species—nature's original masterpieces, unchanged by hybridization. These are the wild orchids that inspired centuries of botanical exploration and continue to captivate serious collectors with their authentic beauty and fascinating natural history.
Why Species Orchids Matter:
- Botanical Authenticity: Pure species as they exist in nature, not human-created hybrids
- Conservation Value: Many species face habitat loss in the wild, making cultivation important for preservation
- Discovery Stories: Each species has a unique tale of botanical exploration and discovery
- Natural Adaptation: Evolved over millennia to thrive in specific ecosystems, from cloud forests to tropical lowlands
- Genetic Foundation: These are the parent plants behind many popular hybrid orchids
Natural Habitats & Origins: Our species orchids represent diverse ecosystems from around the world—misty mountain slopes in the Andes, humid rainforests of Southeast Asia, cool cloud forests of Central America, and rocky outcrops of Madagascar. Understanding their natural habitat helps recreate ideal growing conditions at home.
For the Serious Collector: Species orchids appeal to growers who appreciate botanical accuracy, natural diversity, and the challenge of cultivating plants true to their wild origins. Many species offer unique characteristics rarely found in mass-produced hybrids, including distinctive fragrances, unusual flower forms, and specific blooming patterns tied to seasonal changes.
Growing Considerations: Species orchids range from beginner-friendly to advanced difficulty levels. Each variety includes information about its natural habitat, which guides care requirements including temperature ranges, humidity levels, and light preferences. Some species are more forgiving than their hybrid descendants, while others require precise conditions.
Perfect for: Collectors building reference collections, enthusiasts interested in orchid evolution and taxonomy, growers seeking authentic botanical specimens, and those who value the heritage and story behind each plant.
Pure Botanical Heritage: Natural Orchid Species
Explore our collection of true orchid species—nature's original masterpieces, unchanged by hybridization. These are the wild orchids that inspired centuries of botanical exploration and continue to captivate serious collectors with their authentic beauty and fascinating natural history.
Why Species Orchids Matter:
- Botanical Authenticity: Pure species as they exist in nature, not human-created hybrids
- Conservation Value: Many species face habitat loss in the wild, making cultivation important for preservation
- Discovery Stories: Each species has a unique tale of botanical exploration and discovery
- Natural Adaptation: Evolved over millennia to thrive in specific ecosystems, from...
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A beautiful funky latouria primary hybrid produced by the cross of Dendrobium engae and Dendrobium finistarre. A hard to find variety, especially in flowering size. Please refer to 1st and 2nd photo for the flowers of parents. . On offer the orchid is flowering size,...Regular price $300.00Regular priceUnit price per
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A medium-sized epiphytic herb. Pseudobulbs clavate, sulcate, about 5-noded, 10-15 or more cm long, 1-1.5 cm diam., 2-leaved at apex. Leaves coriaceous, narrowly elliptic, obtuse and unequally bilobed at apex, about 15 by 4.5-5 cm. Inflorescence erect, 10-15-flowered; peduncle 10-15 cm long; bracts ovate,...Regular price $450.00Regular priceUnit price per
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This dendrobium commonly known as the large-leaved dendrobium or pastor's orchid, is a species of Orchid. It is native to Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea, and some islands of the western Pacific. On offer this is a very special orchid for sale. Maybe the flowers...Regular price $155.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Oncidium species which has fluorescent pure-yellow miniature/medium flowers when it blooms. Easy to look after, requires indirect light (shade), water twice a week, fertiliser at half strength once a fortnight or at quarter strength once a week. Grows in bark mix or mounted. It...Regular price $28.00Regular priceUnit price per
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A warm to hot growing epiphyte found in Sumatra, Sulawesi, the Moluccas, and New Guinea .This bulbophyllum species has one of the more interesting shaped flowers. Very cool! The flowers are relatively large (3.5 to 4 inches long). The flowers are tan to chartreuse...Regular price $90.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Fragrant Encyclia radiata (Anacheilium radiatum or Prosthechea radiata) – Mexican species. It is a small to medium sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte, which reaches 8 - 14 inches in height. You will enjoy many long lasting 1.25" flowers for many weeks. These Encyclia...Regular price $70.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Found in the Philippines on Luzon Island at elevations of 1200 to 1600 meters as a small sized, cool growing epiphyte with an ascending monopodial habit that has an erect stem enveloped completely by leaf bearing sheaths carrying glabrous, coriaceous, sessile, distichous, linear, conduplicate,...Regular price $28.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Vanda hindsii, commonly known as the native strap orchid[4] or the Cape York vanda,[1] is a large epiphytic or lithophytic clump-forming orchid. It has thick, white, cord-like roots, branching stems, many thick, leathery, strap-like leaves and between three and seven shiny brown flowers with...Regular price $150.00Regular priceUnit price per
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This moderately sized Cymbidium species was first described in 1990. It comes from Yunnan, China and northern Vietnam where it grows as an epiphyte at elevations from 3300 to 5000 ft. The fragrant flowers are carried with 3 to 7 per inflorescence. On offer...Regular price $170.00Regular priceUnit price per
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A beautiful, flowering-sized plant of Grastidium spp. from Papua New Guinea. Please see the photo of the actual plant available for sale. All orders are shipped on a Monday or Tuesday subject to our cutoff times per our shipping policy on www.theorchidpatio.com.au.Regular price $125.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Renanthera vietnamensis is found in northern Vietnam near the Chinese border in rocky, limestone hills and ridges in primary broadleafed and coniferous forests at elevations of 650 to 1200 meters as a small to medium sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte or lithophyte on...Regular price $75.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Found in southeastern Yunnan province of China, southeastern Laos and northern Vietnam in primary wet, broadleafed, evergreen highland cloud forests at 900 to 1220 meters with no dry period and a lot of constant humidity in leaf litter caught in silicate soil pockets or...Regular price $95.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Found in Assam India, Myanmar and Thailand in deciduous forests at low to moderate elevations as a small to medium sized, hot to warm growing, monopodial epiphyte with an erect, leafy stem carrying lorate, coriaceous, alternate leaves that blooms on an axillary, erect, racemose,...Regular price $200.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Found in Java, Sumatra, Borneo and western Malaysia in mixed, hill, montane and riverine forests on trees overhanging rivers at elevations around 400 to 1500 meters as a medium sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte that produces slightly scented, wide open, fleshy, waxy flowers....Regular price $230.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Found in the Philippines at elevations of around 1250 meters as a giant sized, cool growing, monopodial epiphyte with an elongate, erect stem carrying many alternate, gracefully curved leaves that are unequally bilobed apically and blooms in the fall on a horizontal to pendulous,...Regular price $155.00Regular priceUnit price per
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This species dendrobium is native to Indonesia and parts of the Western Pacific. The parent plant came from the Coral Coast of Fiji. The plant has large leaves, and prefers shady areas to avoid damage to the leaves. Plant blooms from spring to late summer...Regular price $255.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Found in Thailand, Vietnam and Hainan China in highland primary cloud forests in shallow, sandy soils among sandstone rocks often in the shade of low bushes at elevations of 1000 to 2600 meters as a large to giant sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial...Regular price $110.00Regular priceUnit price per
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One of the orchids species with a powerful fragrance is Dendrobium anosmum. Dendrobium anosmum is widespread from the Philippines to New Guinea, including in Borneo and many islands in Indonesia. Semi-deciduous, so new growth has leaves while older growths drop their leaves, usually prior to...Regular price $55.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Found in southeastern Yunnan province of China, southeastern Laos and northern Vietnam in primary wet, broadleafed, evergreen highland cloud forests at 900 to 1220 meters with no dry period and a lot of constant humidity in leaf litter caught in silicate soil pockets or...Regular price $85.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Found in eastern Papua and New Guinea in mountain rainforests at 900 to 1500 meters in elevation in moist, mossy, open valleys as a medium sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with basally slender, clavate, orange stems carrying 2 apical, elliptic-oblong leaves that...Regular price $180.00Regular priceUnit price per
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This medium sized, hot to warm growing, epiphytic species is found in the Philippines in evergreen lowland forests at elevations up to 1000 meters with slender, slightly fractiflex, attenuate below, many noded, sulcate stems covered with sheaths and carrying submembraneous, ovate-oblong, obtuse leaves that...Regular price $85.00Regular priceUnit price per
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This medium sized, hot to cool growing epiphytic or terrestrial species occurs low down on tree trunks in evergreen lowland forests at elevations of 200 to 1800 meters and can be found in Assam India, eastern Himalayas, Sikkim, Thailand, Cambodia, China, Vietnam , Borneo,...Regular price $110.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Found in San Luis Potosi, Queretaro Hidalgo, Puebla, Veracruz, Oaxaca, Tabasco and Chiapas states of Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and Belize to Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Venezuela? in varied type forests which include tropial evergreen, mixed pine and oak at an altitude of 150-2000...Regular price $75.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Dendrobium gibsonii should be in bright indirect sunlight with generous water/fertilizers, reduced waterings as temperature falls, light winter break. Dendrobium gibsonii bloom in spring, deciduous, strong fragrance. Blooms last 2 weeks up to 4 weeks. On offer the orchid is healthy and not far...Regular price $110.00Regular priceUnit price per
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